Aged Care & Disability Feature Articles
A Monash research team co-led by Professor James Whisstock and Associate Professor Merrill Rowley has solved the structure of two key proteins that function to control human movement ...
People who receive Australian Government-subsidised aged care will have a new and better way of having concerns and complaints dealt with.
Victorians with dementia, their families and carers will benefit from a $3.55 million funding boost from the Bracks Government, Community Services Minister Gavin Jennings has said.
A new report, Mental health services in Australia 2004-05, released by the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare shows that 10.8% of all encounters with general practitioners ...
A part of the brain first affected by Alzheimer’s disease is thinner in youth with a risk gene for the disorder, a brain imaging study by researchers at the National Institute of ...
Professor Claude Bernard from the Monash Immunology and Stem Cell Laboratories (MISCL) has received a $500,000 competitive grant to fund a new direction of research in stem-cell ...
The Department of Health has released fever clinic guidelines to strengthen Western Australia’s health response to pandemic influenza.
The cost of living with MS or similar conditions is high, and in some cases is an overwhelming burden.
Scientists at WEHI (The Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research) have made a discovery with potentially profound implications for the care of patients, especially those ...
As the Australian population grows and ages, the number of people with dementia is expected to rise, increasing the requirement for appropriate care services and placing significant ...
New international survey reveals physician concerns with medical errors, a shortage of nurses, and inadequate facilities.
Without doubt, nanotechnology is having a major impact on medicine and the treatment of disease, notably in imaging and targeted drug delivery. Source: Michael Berger, Nanowerk LLC
The AMA shares the view of the Access Card Consumer and Privacy Taskforce that people will need to be careful and cautious about the information they volunteer to be stored on the ...
NSW Minister for Health John Hatzistergos has slammed the Federal Government for its "remote control" approach to the national health system.
Planning approval has been given for five major hospital redevelopments as part of a record $2 billion, four-year health infrastructure improvement program, Premier Morris Iemma has ...
Intellectually disabled Australians will soon enjoy better access to quality health services, thanks to a new Medicare rebate created at the AMA’s urging, AMA President, Dr Mukesh ...
As the Australian population grows and ages, the number of people with dementia is expected to rise, increasing the requirement for appropriate care services and placing significant ...
The AMA (WA) says the State Government must immediately provide 100 more public hospital beds if it wants to avoid the embarrassment of patients being placed on chairs and other ...
Data on practice nurses has been analysed for the first time in the most recent Bettering the Evaluation And Care of Health program (BEACH) report, released by the Australian Institute ...
Australians must be a national priority as Australia celebrates 40 years of counting Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people as full citizens, AMA Vice President, Dr Choong-Siew ...
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